Embroidery process.



TJ'NTTED %TATE@ PATENT @Fhltllh WILLIAM HENRY BEEHLEB, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

EMBROIDERING rnoonss.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVrLmAMz HEN-RY Bum-mun, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a certain newand use ful .lflmbroiderin Process, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a process of embroideri-ng, which isparticularly adapted to placing names and addresses on umbrellas and like articles, although, of course, the process is not limited to any particular application.

In working names of purchasers on, umbrellas, it is frequently desired to have, the name or the name and address, which will all be identified for convenience as the design, easily legible fromthe inside of the umbrella, so that when the umbrella 1S opened for use any user willieasrly see and read the design. lit is also undesirable to have it visible from the outside ofth'e urnbrella to avoid attracting attention. Therefore, the design should appear on the inside in a color contrasting with the fabrlc of the umbrella cover and on the outside the design should not be visible at all except by, perhaps, the closest 1nspect1on. I

To carry out this result the deslgn should either be worked in thread contrasting W1th the color of the cover and then this thread should be colored on the outside of the cover to correspond with the cover, or else in some cases it may be desirable to Work the design in white and then color the outside to correspond with the cover and then apply on the inside some color other than white, and also different from the cover color.

My process is particularly deslgned to carry out the above-mentloned obJects 111 a very economical and practical manner.

The process consists in first dipping 1n to a weak solution of sulfuric acid, some sultable fabric to be used for patterns. Cheesecloth or cambric, or other light or thin cloth, or a suitable kind of paper, is a suitable fabric for the patterns. After the fabric is dipped in the acid it is dried and is then ready for use. The pattern may be traced upon a piece of this fabric or else in some cases where the embroiderer is expert the fabric may simply be used as a protective device and need not bear an actual pattern, the operator simply placing the fabric upon the umbrella cover and st1tchspecification of Letters Patent.

Patented July it), 191'? Application filed. December 8, 19323. SeriaINo. 805,473.

ing through both. lVith the pattern fabric in place, the ernbroidering is performed by hand or by machine. The embroideringis done, for example, upon a black umbrella cover with a black thread, the pattern of protecting fabric being in this case placed on the inside of the cover. Suitable coloring matter, for instance a good quality of printers ink of a color to contrast with the cover, for examplebright red, is then rubbed upon the design over the pattern fabric which protects the umbrella cover and causes the color to be applied only to the threads constituting the design as they appear through the protecting fabric; Heat is then applied, conveniently by means of a hot iron,- over the fabric. This heating performs the double function of fixing the color upon the design thread, andit also clisinte'grates or decomposes the protecting fabric by reason of its previous impregnation with acid. The pattern or protecting fabric can then be easily rubbed and brushed away, leaving the design clean and clearly outlined in a color sharply contrasting with theumbrella cover.

According to a previously suggested process, the pattern or protecting fabric has consisted of paper without previous treatment and this could only be removed from the complete design by laboriously picking the paper out from between the threads of the design. The present process thus avoids great trouble and expense incident to the old process. Variations of the process consist in applying the protecting fabric to the outside of the cover and stitching the design in a thread or color contrasting with the umbrella cover and then coloring the outside of the design over the protecting fabric, to correspond with the color of the cover. In some cases where it might be desirable, the fabric can be used on both sides of the cover. In all these cases, upon completion of the design, the fabric would be heated to disintegrate itand facilitate its removal.

The fabric constituting the cover of an umbrella or the like on which a name or address is to be embroidered by the abovedescribed process is hereinafter identified in the claims as a main or body fabric to clearly distinguish it from the previously treated pattern or protecting fabric, which is identified in the claims as a pattern fabric, protecting fabric, or previously-treated fabric.

I claim 1. The hereindescribed process consisting in applying to a body fabric a fabric which has been treated so that it Will more readily disintegrate upon the application of heat,

, embroidering through the tWo fabrics, ap-

' more readily plying color to the embroidery over the previously treated fabric, and then applying heat to facilitate removal of the treated fabric.

2. The hereindescribed process consisting mersing suitable fabric in acid solution to I to a body fabric,

make it more readily disintegrate upon the application of heat, drying it, applying it embroidering through the applying color over the treated andthen applying heat to'fix the two fabrics, fabric,

vcolor and disintegrate the fabric to facilitate its removal.

4. The described,

process consisting in chemically treatlng and drying protecting fabric to make it more readily disintegrate J upon the application of heat, applying it to a ground fabric, embroidering characters in outline through the two fabrics, applying color to the embroidered outline over the protecting fabric and then heating the protecting fabric to disintegrate it and facilitate its removal.

5. The described process of applying identifying characters to an umbrella cover, consisting in applying to the cover fabric which has been previously treated to cause it to disintegrate readily upon the application of heat, embroidering characters in outline through the cover and protecting fabric, applying color to the embroidery outline over the protecting fabric, and then applying heat to the treated fabric to facilitate its removal.

6. The described process of applying identifying characters to an umbrella cover, consisting in applying to the cover fabric which has been previously treated to cause it to disintegrate readily upon the application of heat, embroidering characters in outline through the cover and protecting fabric, applying color to the embroidered outline over the protecting fabric to produce a sharply contrasting color between the said outline and the cover on one side thereof, and then applying heat to disintegrate the treated fabric and facilitate its removal.

WILLIAM HENRY BEEHLER.

Witnesses:

M. A. WOOD, H. I. RATHvoN.

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' Washington, D. C. 

